Aerial Seeding by Drone
On September 22nd, 2022, Dan Rieckmann, one of our Rat River Farmer Champions, hosted a field day to showcase the use of drones for cover crop planting. Dan hired American Drones to aerial seed [...]
Outagamie SHED Facility Supports Local Producers
There are a variety of agricultural soil health practices in use on Northeast Wisconsin farms that provide a water quality benefits such as cover crops, no-till/minimal-till, and low disturbance manure application. Recognizing the water [...]
Winnebago Waterways helps reduce polluted runoff by bringing innovative system to Calumet County
The Winnebago Waterways Program at Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance (Fox-Wolf) announced today that it received $510,325 from Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) funding through the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce polluted runoff from [...]
GLSNRP Helps Landowners Improve Soil Health
Soil health is a growing interest in all areas of the state with some producers implementing soil health practices across their whole farm to just beginning with simple trials. Although there are some short [...]
Fox-Wolf Partners with Outagamie County, Village of Wrightstown in Plum Creek
You may have seen the news in the Appleton Post-Crescent or Green Bay Press-Gazette - a restoration project is coming to Plum Creek! We are excited to partner with the Village of Wrightstown [...]
Ag Runoff Treatment Systems: A New(er) Practice in the Conservation Toolbox
There are a variety of conservation best management practices in use across our basin. Some of these practices fall into the category of soil health practices such as cover crops, no-till, and low-disturbance manure [...]
Funding Spotlight: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Established in 2010, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) accelerates efforts to protect and restore the largest system of fresh surface water in the world – the Great Lakes. Since it's inception, the multi-agency [...]
Lessons from a Food Plot
Written by Justin Loehrke, Basin Ag Coordinator at Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance; justin@fwwa.org Countless farmers, landowners, and hunters today work hard to support the local wildlife. Millions of dollars are spent every year on habitat [...]